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Pros And Cons Of Adopting The United States Constitution
Your dictator Nemo has been overthrown. Your country needs a new government to be put in place at once. My suggestion is adopting the United States Constitution. The Constitution works well for many different reasons.
The United States is a democratic republic because the Constitution contains both democratic and republican elements. The democratic element is that everyone gets to vote. In the republican part, people elect someone to vote for them. This elected individual is called a representative. Everyone gets to vote for a representative. This is how the democratic and republican elements work together in the Constitution.
The Constitution also prevents the rise of a dictator or tyrant. This is because the central government is separated


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